This article lists political parties in Sweden .
Sweden has a multi-party system with numerous political parties, in which parties often have a smaller chance of gaining power alone, and in the event a majority is not reached, can choose to work with each other to form coalition governments .
National parties
The letter(s) after each Swedish party name are the abbreviations commonly used in the Swedish media .
Parties with official representation
Parties with representation in the Riksdag and/or European Parliament :
According to a threshold rule, any one particular party must receive at least 4% of the votes to be allocated a seat in the Riksdag.
Any party having broken the 1% threshold in the last two EU-parliament or Riksdag elections respectively will have their ballots printed and distributed by the authorities.[1]
Minor parties
Defunct and historical parties
Caps (Mössorna , 18th century)
Hats (Hattarna , 18th century)
Junker Party (1850s)
Social Democratic Left Party of Sweden (Sveriges Socialdemokratiska Vänsterparti , 1921–1923)
Communist Party of Sweden – Höglund Faction (Sveriges Kommunistiska Parti , 1924–1926)
Socialist Party (Socialistiska Partiet, 1929–1945)
Clerical People's Party (Kyrkliga Folkpartiet , 1930s)
National Socialist Workers Party (Nationalsocialistiska Arbetarpartiet , 1933–1945)
Svenska socialistiska partiet (Swedish Socialist Party), a Swedish Nazi party, 1943-1948
Left Socialist Party (Vänstersocialistiska Partiet , 1940–1963)
Revolutionary Socialist Party (Revolutionära Socialistiska Partiet , 1950–1951)
Communist Labour League of Sweden (Sveriges Kommunistiska Arbetareförbund , 1956–1967)
Communist League Marxist-Leninists/Communist Party of Sweden/Solidarity Party (Kommunistiska Förbundet Marxist-Leninisterna/Sveriges Kommunistiska Parti/Solidaritetspartiet , 1967-199?)
Progress Party (Framstegspartiet , existed in various forms between 1968 and 2000)
Marxist-Leninist Struggle League for the Communist Party of Sweden (m-l) (Marxist-Leninistiska Kampförbundet , 1970–1981)
Centre Democrats (Centrumdemokraterna , 1974–2006)
Communist Unity Groups (Kommunistiska Enhetsgrupperna , 1975–1977)
Communist Workers' League of Sweden (Sveriges Kommunistiska Arbetarförbund , 1977–?)[citation needed ]
Communist Party of Sweden (marxist-leninists)/Communist Workers Party of Sweden (Sveriges Kommunistiska Parti (marxist-leninisterna)/Sveriges Kommunistiska Arbetarparti , 1980–1993)
Communist Party in Sweden (Kommunistiska Partiet i Sverige , 1982–1993)
The Marxists (Marxisterna , 1990s)
Workers' List/People's Democrats (sv ) (Arbetarlistan/Folkdemokraterna , 1990–2002)
New Democracy (Ny Demokrati , 1991–2000)
Natural Law Party (Partiet för naturens lag , 1992–2004)
Gottland Party Gotland's Future [sv ] (Gottlandspartiet Gotlands framtid , 1993–2006)
New Future (Ny Framtid , 1993–2006)
The New Party [sv ] (Det nya partiet , 1998)
National Democrats (Nationaldemokraterna , 2001–2014)
Party of the Swedes (Svenskarnas Parti , 2008–2015)
Revolutionary Workers' League of Sweden (Sveriges Revolutionära Arbetarförbund , 1975–1983)
Unique Party (Unika partiet , 2006)
Communist League (Kommunistiska Förbundet , 1980–2010)
Liquor Party (Spritpartiet , 2009–2010)
Socialist Party (Socialistiska Partiet , 1971–present) - as of 2019, the Socialist Party actively encourages its members to vote for the Left Party.
June List (Junilistan , 2004–2014) – Represented in the European Parliament 2004–2009. Did not participate in the 2019 election.
Joke parties
Regional and local parties
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The following is a list of currently active[a] and defunct (†) parties on the local (municipal and regional ) levels.
Parties that are:
active only at the regional levels are listed in bold
active at both the regional and municipal levels are bold and are marked with an asterisk (* )
simultaneously campaigning on the national level are underlined
Ronneby Party [sv ] (Ronnebypartiet , Ronneby )
SoL Party Sölvesborg and Lister [sv ] (SoL-partiet Sölvesborg och Lister ; Sölvesborg )
People's Home in Hofors-Torsåker [sv ] (Folkhemmet i Hofors-Torsåker ; Hofors )
Laholm Party [sv ] (Laholmspartiet ; Laholm ) Social List Active Politics † (Samhällslistan Aktiv Politik ; Falkenberg )
Cooperation in Mullsjö (Samverkan i Mullsjö ; Mullsjö )
Future of Mullsjö [sv ] (Mullsjös framtid )
Solidarity - Work - Peace - Ecology [sv ] (Solidaritet – Arbete – Fred – Ekologi , Nässjö )
Stop E4 West - Culture Party [sv ] † (Stoppa E4 Väst – Kulturpartiet ; Uppsala )
Åsele Party [sv ] (Åselepartiet , Åsele )